PTSD, risk factors, and expectations among women having a baby: A two-wave longitudinal study

Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 81-90

  Maggioni, Cristina ^a   Margola, Davide ^b   Filippi, Francesca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Childbirth expectations; Depression; help perception; Post traumatic stress disorder; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; CHRONIC DISEASE; DELIVERY; DEPRESSION; FAMILY; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTRAPARTUM CARE; ITALY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCEPTION; PERSONALITY; PHYSICIAN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREGNANT WOMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; ANXIETY; AROUSAL; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ITALY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 33745727456     PISSN: 0167482X     EISSN: 17438942     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01674820600712875     Document Type: Article

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